Prevalence of Osteoporosis and Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures in Turkish Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Retrospective Cross-sectional Study

Objective: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic inflammatory disease mainly affecting the vertebral column that is the prototype of the spondyloarthritides and is characterized by bone marrow edema, osteitis, erosions, enthesopathy, new bone formations and sclerosis. A decrease in bone mineral d...

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Main Authors: Ece Çınar, Yeşim Kirazlı, Duygu Kerim, Gonca Karabulut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2023-12-01
Series:Türk Osteoporoz Dergisi
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Online Access: http://www.turkosteoporozdergisi.org/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/prevalence-of-osteoporosis-and-osteoporotic-verteb/64075